Tag Archives: Wind in the Willows

Dr Who: it’s all in the name

Posted on October 28, 2011 by

So now a couple of hints from Matt Smith, plus a few recent headlines means Mr Smith is leaving Dr Who. We’ll see. I took a while to warm to Smith’s interpretation, he was a bit too…slapstick for me. The Doctor … Continue reading →

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The myth of the mad man and his box

Posted on May 24, 2011 by

Dr Who has a mythic arc to it, with epic battles with worlds at stake, but it’s also a fairy tale. It always was. There is the eponymous hero (with not 1000 but) 13 faces. He has special devices to … Continue reading →

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